Buna News Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Events
Gayle Lynn Thompson of Kaplan left with her parents after a summer with her great grandmother in Buna. Local families and visitors from Beaumont Orange and Dewerville are noted, plus LeRoy Garsee to Nederland for Port Arthur College and a Labor Day horse show set for Sept 7. A snake bite incident and guests of Deputy Sheriff Cook are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayle Lynn Thompson
Kaplan
Ernest Thompson
Alice Garsee
Charles A Whitmire
Charles Jr
Mark
Orange
R. B. Worster
Whitmire
Beaumont
Mary Kelley
Rachel Patrick
Aice Garsee
LeRoy Garsee
A. D. Garsee
Nederland
Clarence L. Pratt
Port Arthur College
Port Arthur
LeRoy
Higer
Robert Peveto
Gene Peveto
Silsbee
Buna Bridle Club
E. C. Cook
Willard Duke
New Orleans
John Brannon
Kim
Local social notes and wedding details span Beaumont area
Beaumont and surrounding communities show weekend hospitality and family gatherings. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gunter Sr and Jr from Buna, families from Port Arthur and Houston, and multiple trips to Dallas Austin and El Paso. A Dallas wedding, bridal party, and future West Orange home are highlighted among numerous family visits and school transitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Wayne
Charles W. McCollough
Dewerville
M. M. McCollough Jr
Sallie Whitmire
Dennis Layne Kelley
Beaumont
Joe O’leary
Sharon Ann Taucer
Gum Slough
Jerry Rice
Taucer
Austin Reeves
J. B. Gunter Jr
Miami
Fla
Tommy Passmore
Ralph
Odessa
Ben ‘Ellison
C. E. Hancock
Charlie
Larry
Baytown
Buna
Arcay Walters
Susan Anita Mathis
Jerry Edward Smith
Tyler Street Methodist Church
Dallas
J. C. Marshall
Paul Morell
C. S. Mathis
University of Texas
J. C. Smith
Smith
Stephen F. Austin State College
Kappa Delta Pi
Pi Kappa Alpha
Nancy Tedford
Winsboro
Cecil Mathis Jr
Made in Texas plan marks post con vention strategy
President Johnson crafts post election strategy labelled Made in Texas with Austin origins highlighted. The president returns to his ranch for rest and thinking with Hubert Humphrey as guest. Gillespie County hosts a Hill Country birthday barbecue for Johnson two days after his 56th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Johnson
Texas
Hubert Humphrey
Gillespie County
Homer Garrison Jr
State Department of Public Safety
Garrison
John Connally
Committee On
Texas Legislative Council
Fort Worth
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
Lubbock
Tyler
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
U. S. Department of Commerce
State Railroad Commission
Motor Bus Express
Youth Council
Texas Youth Council
Gatesville
Gainesville
Connally
Legislative Budget Boards
Social and business meet hosted at Mrs Ward Mixson home
A social and business gathering was held Thursday at the home of Mrs Ward Mixson in Kirbyville, hosted with Mrs Irma Boyette assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Mixson
Irma Boyette
Kirbyville
Silsbee Soldier Assigned to 55th Artillery in Greenland
Army Specialist Four Robert P. Burdette, 20, of Silsbee, daughter Margaret on Route 2, assigned Aug 18 to Battery C 55th Artillery 4th Missile Battalion in Thule Greenland. Entered Army July 1962, basic at Fort Polk. Parents Briton W. and Mrs. Mack live at 940 Maxwell Dr. Silsbee High School alumnus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Robert P. Burdette
Margaret
Route 2
Silsbee
55Th Artillery
Thule
Greenand
Burdette
Fort Polk
Briton W. Mack
Maxwell Dr
Silsbee High School
Texas park chief appointed and grants boosted state services
W. J. Cut birth becomes director of administrative services for Texas Parks and Wildlife. State park attendance rose by 500,000 to 6,600,000 in the last fiscal year. Texas received a $47,331 federal planning grant to fight mental retardation, adding to a prior $30,000 grant. County commissioners in small counties may decide on a $75 monthly auto expense for county judges. Farm revenue from sale of livestock and products reached $154.1 million in June. Beer tax revenue totaled $2.1 million for July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Cutbirth
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
State Park
Texas
U. S. Deartment of Agriculture
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Buna News
Caber
Or Gilmore Plumbing
Kountze
Buffy
Herbert Elmore
Elmore
Morris
North 5Th Street
LEVIS
Californans
T-Bird
Regina Kay Peveto
J. C. Jones
James Peveto
M. C. Rose
Carolyn Sue Smith
Newton
Linda King
Linda
Carolyn Sue
Mae Williams
Lettie Peveto
Conley Sargent
Leona Gibson
Velma McMaster
Jasper
Amos Richardson
Baptist Hospital
Roy Jenkins
Jeanne Jenkins
Oberlin
Jacqueline
Trudy Jenkins
Lynda Rees
Elton
Larry Grayson
Kirby Ville
Jack Jenkins
George Jenkins
Hamp Mattox
Chick Cook
Huntsville
Jimmy Cobb
Debbie
Charles Breithaupt
Willie Lunsford
Jena
Wilson Muntz
H. I. Knight
Bryan
Ralph Jenkins
Nancy Wegener
Olene Wegener
W. R. Duhr
Ranger
W. H. Bollinger
Billy Ray Bollinger
Lake Leon
Charles H. Rigsby
Nana Franklin
South Dakota
Brenda Carpenter
Lake Tejas
YWMIA
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Lois Nau
Tot Franklin
Dixon Cobb
Los Angeles
Calif
Kenneth Hamp Cobb
Kelly Denise
Tustin
M. E. Brown
M. P. Edmondson
Sharkie Merkcle
W. R. Dennis
Rex Broom
Rex L. Broom
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Rex
Beth Barclay
Buck Barclay
Buna Business and Professional Club
Olympien ’ Esqquint Soens
Vern Sanford
Council
James A. Turman
Crockett
Waco
Corsicana
East Texas
Railroad Commission
Atlantic Refining Co
Atlantic
Col
Morrison
Schwartz
Selective Service
Water News
Amistad
Rio Grande
Devil's River
U. S
Texas Water Commission
Colorado River
Guadalupe
Water Commission
Kimble
Mills
Coleman
Waggoner Carr
Perry Brown
Texas Employment Commission
State Highway Department
Brownwood
Parks and Wildlife Commission
Agriculture
John C. White
Hidalgo
Starr
Cameron
Willacy
Highway Department
Grayson County
Dean Martin
Lake Texoma
State Health Department
Texas Liquor Control Board
Ades
Breaux Air Conditioning
Greenland
Westinghouse Electric
Alford’s Furniture & Hardware
Baldwin Built Homes
Hardin County Savings and Loan Association
North Fifth Street
Silsbee, Texas
Britton-Cravens
Armstrong Vernay
Corson
Armstrong
Britton- Cravens Lumber CO
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